You are very welcome, I am thrilled this has helped so many people help horses. Dr. Mack

Interesting! Thanks for posting. Never underestimate the effects of chronic tension in working horses.

Lovely! Thank you for your gentleness and informative approach!

Thank you so much for posting & sharing this & other valuable guidance & resources!

Thank you for this! I already tested it at several horses and it works really well...best regards Petra (Working as a Energetic Osteopathy and Dorn-Therapist in Germany)

I really enjoyed this video Heather, would love to see more videos from you :-)

Hi thanks for sharing your knowledge about that, I´m from Germany and couldnt find anything like your video it´s great and my mare is really thankful for that hyoid release method it really helps a lot :)

That's really great thank you.

This is very interesting. I never realized that Hyoid dislocation was common in horses. I suffer from this very same problem myself. Sometimes when I swallow, I can feel my Hyoid slipping off to either the left side or the right and the pain is unbareable. I always panic, because I think it's not going to release and be stuck out of position forever. But it always pops back into position eventually. But sometimes it can take hours and it's just plain horrible.

I am looking at ways to possibly help a horse that often keeps his tongue hanging out the right side of his mouth. I am thinking he has hyoid/TMJ issues that are causing this problem?

This could really cause damage or lacerations to the horses tongue if it is in need of dental care...just a note to be aware before doing this...!

Is this a safe release for a young horse? I know a yearling, now 2.5, and the hyoid is visibly set to the left. He has always stretched his jaws as if trying to release himself. Sometimes the tongs waggles out to the left. As far as I know, nobody has pulled his tongue to look at teeth, worm, or release.

I think that you may have confused the omotransverse muscle release with the omohyoid which is further below towards the point of the shoulder.

will this release help with the TMJ too?

I did this on my horse and he really released after, had a big yawn and stretched his tongue. However when the dentist came out he really told me off and said I could have broken the bone as it is very delicate... is this true and should I be worried?

It was interesting to watch a different technique releasing the hyoid. Thanks! Bowen muscle therapy has excellent techniques too for the same thing. Chicken and egg question - did the hyoid problem cause the problem for the rider or has a rider at some point caused the problem in the hyoid? And please! I can see from this horses neck muscles that it is ridden kindly, this is not a criticism... It is just that I have found that if a problem is inadvertently rider caused, then it can be rider released too... The tongue can often be the very last thing a horse turns over - the very last place they hold tension hey? I hope you don't mind my ramblings!

what would you do if the horse did'n move his tonge